WRL 8

Siglum
WRL 8
Transliteration
l ʿ{ḍ}{ḥ}l bn ʾṣ{r} bn ʿmd bn lḏn w byt h- mġrt b- mʿzy
OCIANA
Translation
By {ʿḍḥl} son of {ʾṣr} son of ʿmd son of Lḏn and he spent the night in the cave with some goats
OCIANA
Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
WRL 6–8 are on one face of a large boulder near the entrance to the cave. This text is carved in chiselled letters, boustrophedon across the lower half of the face.

Associated Inscriptions
WRL 6–7

  • [WRL] Inscriptions recorded by the Safaitic Epigraphic Survey Programme in 1995 on the left bank of Wādī Rushaydah, and published here.
Site
Al-Suwaydāʾ (al-Sweidah) Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1995
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Domestic animals, Genealogy, Present in a place, Topographic features
Old OCIANA ID
#0036041
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024